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Originally Posted by stustaff
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OS as I said earlier I would be quite happy with a 'closed' OS like the iphone as that would still allow me to do 95% of what I would want to do on a tablet.
It is very hard to come up with something you would like to be able to do with a tablet that you cant do on their closed system, however it would impact on choice and for some of US that is an issue, but for the majority I guess it wont be. Hence why it will be a closed OS.
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You have information of what variety of OS they will be using
on this rumoured device? Will it be OS X iPhone or Mac OS X? Going from the above statement, you know it to be the former?
As previously indicated, I am not interested in what the majority want. I am interested in what I want. If something significant is in that 5%, I will be disappointed and possibly not interested.
Which is to say, I am unsure what you're defending here, and why you think it needs defense.
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I want to use firefox to browse the web
Well you cant! however that doesnt stop me browsing the web.
I want to be able to hotmail in thunderbird mail app
Well you cant, but you can get your email in otherways.
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Right, that's all well and good, but I want to, for example, use Firefox. I realise there are alternatives (I have an iPhone. I have an iPod Touch. FWIW I have an iMac). The alternatives are satisfactory to me on the iPhone. They would not be so satisfying to me on the rumoured tablet.
I get the feeling you are defending Apple against my wants. You also appear to be diminishing my wants. I don't know why. I don't know how you could determine their degree of importance to me. They are not criticisms. They are what I desire in the product. If Apple don't meet my desires, my desires are as none to blame as Apple are for not meeting them.
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There is little to nothing you cant do in the closed OS in terms of end result that you would actually want to do.
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...but that "little" may be enough. I am, as mentioned, aware from experience of the possibly subjective limitations of the iPhone OS compared to the Mac OS. I want the latter. I hope Apple provide it to me. If they don't, they don't. I do not and have not and will not criticise them for it. My desires simply do not coincide with their assumed market.
Can you accept this personal desire without feeling any need to diminish it or defend Apple?
As I said, I buy products to satisfy
me. To lightly, but I think empathetically, take dawnfalcon out of context, "it is a requirement I have".
I like the Apple products I have (and The Loved One also likes his Macbook and iPhone). I will likely buy more Apple products. I will likely buy the rumoured tablet if it appears. I don't like Apple...I don't feel anything for them (or any company) at all. For me, it's just products against my wants, which was the OP thread question I was trying to answer, for myself alone.
Cheers,
Marc